Births and Deaths
- Died 1965: Eugéne Bigot, conductor, born 02-28-1888
- Died 1967: John Coltrane, jazz tenor, born 09-23-1926
- Died 2000: Thea Dispeker, impresario/concert agent, born 09-28-1902
- Died 1998: Lamberto Gardelli, conductor, born 11-08-1915
- Died 2003: George Hardesty, conductor, born 07-20-1913
- Born 1874: Kathleen Howard, mezzo-soprano, died 08-15-1956
- Died 1965: Edwin Hughes, pianist/teacher/duo-pianist, born 08-15-1884 [Leschetizky pupil and assistant, husband of pianist Jewel Bethany Hughes]
- Born 1877: Hermann Jadlowker, tenor, died 05-13-1953
- Died 1964: Fritz Krenn, bass-baritone, born 12-11-1897
- Died 1977: Witold Malcuzynski, pianist, born 08-10-1914
- Born 1935: Alan Mandel, pianist
- Died 1937: Gabriel Pierné, composer/conductor, born 08-16-1863
- Born 1935: Peter Schickele [PDQ Bach], music humorist/pianist/composer
- Born 1914: Eleanor Steber, soprano, died 10-03-1990
- Died 1871: Carl Tausig, composer/pianist, born 11-04-1841
- Born 1875: (Sir) Donald Francis Tovey, scholar/critic/composer, died 07-10-1940
- Died 2003: Rosalyn Tureck, pianist/harpsichordist, born 12-14-1914
- Born 1960: Dawn Upshaw, soprano
"Your voice is the ideal which, until now, I have sought in vain."
—Feodor Chalipain to Enrico Caruso
